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pressman

noun
press·​man | \ ˈpres-mÉ™n How to pronounce pressman (audio) , -ËŒman\

Definition of pressman

1 : an operator of a press especially : the operator of a printing press
2 British : newspaperman
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Examples of pressman in a Sentence

the only pressman who was invited to Downing Street for an interview with the Prime Minister

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 Rushing to put out an extra edition, pressmen in Griffin, Ga., put three pages of the Evening News on the press upside down. — Ron Grossman, Houston Chronicle, "IN THEIR OWN WORDS," 9 June 2019 Rushing to put out an extra edition, pressmen in Griffin, Ga., put three pages of the Evening News on the press upside down. — Ron Grossman, Houston Chronicle, "IN THEIR OWN WORDS," 9 June 2019 Rushing to put out an extra edition, pressmen in Griffin, Ga., put three pages of the Evening News on the press upside down. — Ron Grossman, Houston Chronicle, "IN THEIR OWN WORDS," 9 June 2019 Rushing to put out an extra edition, pressmen in Griffin, Ga., put three pages of the Evening News on the press upside down. — Ron Grossman, Houston Chronicle, "IN THEIR OWN WORDS," 9 June 2019 Rushing to put out an extra edition, pressmen in Griffin, Ga., put three pages of the Evening News on the press upside down. — Ron Grossman, Houston Chronicle, "IN THEIR OWN WORDS," 9 June 2019 Rushing to put out an extra edition, pressmen in Griffin, Ga., put three pages of the Evening News on the press upside down. — Ron Grossman, Houston Chronicle, "IN THEIR OWN WORDS," 9 June 2019 Rushing to put out an extra edition, pressmen in Griffin, Ga., put three pages of the Evening News on the press upside down. — Ron Grossman, Houston Chronicle, "IN THEIR OWN WORDS," 9 June 2019 Rushing to put out an extra edition, pressmen in Griffin, Ga., put three pages of the Evening News on the press upside down. — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, "‘I’d like to volunteer, sir’: Memories of D-Day live on through oral histories," 5 June 2019

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First Known Use of pressman

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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